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  • The importance of WLAN testing: From planning to documentation

    This chapter on WLAN testing covers WLAN test planning and documentation and crucial testing methods for performance, security and signal coverage.  Book Chapter

  • Wireless sniffing best practices using Wireshark

    Wireless sniffing using Wireshark lets engineers troubleshoot poor performance and connectivity problems, as well as analyze traffic activity on the network.  Book Chapter

  • Interop New York: Enterprise mobility and WLAN architecture grow up

    Wireless LAN architecture changes and enterprise mobility will be hot topics at Interop New York. Users will learn how to handle the security and management issues surrounding personal mobile devices in the enterprise, as well as how to prepare for n...  Q&A

  • How to configure wireless LAN security

    Learn how to configure wireless LAN security, including choosing the right security standard and setting up a Robust Security Network. In this PrepLogic training video, you'll learn Cisco Aironet 1200 configuration for security, as well as troublesho...  Videos

  • Wireless network standards update

    WLAN standards continue to evolve, offering higher performance and enabling new applications. 802.11n delivers more deployment options as well as more bandwidth, but enterprises must still pay great attention to wireless security standards.  Technology

  • 802.11n ratification: Wait, it wasn't ratified before?

    802.11n ratification may be long overdue, but the WLAN standard is an important part of the top 10 networking stories of 2009. The ratification left the draft largely unchanged, so existing products remain valid.  Slideshow

  • 802.11 protocols

    Learn about the newest wireless protocol, 802.11n, as well as how to evaluate which protocol is best for your environment. You also get a run-down of the 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g specifications in this guide.  Learning Guide

  • Wireless LANs -- 'CCNA Official Exam Certification Library, Third Edition,' Chapter 11

    This chapter examines the basics of WLANs to help you prepare for the CCNA exam. In particular, the first section introduces the concepts, protocols, and standards used by many of the most common WLAN installations today. The chapter then examines so...  Chapter Download

  • Upgrading to 802.11n: Key considerations

    802.11n physical and link layer enhancements could significantly increase your WLAN's speed, capacity, reach and reliability. But realizing this potential requires proper deployment: Your 802.11n upgrade must be explicitly designed to satisfy your bu...  Checklist

  • Introduction to wireless networks -- from 'The book of wireless'

    When you're designing and building a new wireless network, or when you want to improve the performance of an existing network, it's important to understand what's going on inside the box (or in this case, inside each of the boxes that make up the net...  Chapter Download

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  • 802.11ac (Gigabit Wi-Fi)

    802.11ac, also known as Gigabit Wi-Fi, is a proposed specification in the 802.11 family applicable to WLANs (wireless local area networks). 802.11ac represents an extension or update of the current 802.11a standard.  Definition

  • 802.11ad

    802.11ad, also called WiGig 1.0, is a proposed specification in the 802.11 family applicable to WLANs (wireless local area networks). 802.11ad represents an extension or update of the current 802.11a standard.  Definition

  • Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS)

    Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) is a broadcasting and communications service that operates in the ultra-high-frequency (UHF) portion of the radio spectrum between 2.1 and 2.7 GHz.  Definition

  • single stream 802.11n

    Single-stream 802.11n takes advantage of the fact that the second draft of the 802.11n specification does not require the number of antennas on the sending station to be equal to the number on the receiving station.  Definition

  • Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM)

    Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM), previously known as Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME), is a subset of the 802.11e wireless LAN (WLAN) specification that enhances quality of service (QoS) on a network by prioritizing data packets according to four categori...  Definition

  • CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data)

    CDPD (Cellular Digital Packet Data) is a specification for supporting wireless access to the Internet and other public packet-switched networks.  Definition

  • USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data)

    USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) is a Global System for Mobile(GSM) communication technology that is used to send text between a mobile phone and an application program in the network.  Definition

  • home agent

    In Mobile Internet Protocol (Mobile IP), a home agent is a router on a mobile node's home network that maintains information about the device's current location, as identified in its care-of address.  Definition

  • foreign agent

    In Mobile Internet Protocol (Mobile IP), a foreign agent is a router serving as a mobility agent for a mobile node.  Definition

  • wireless backhaul

    Wireless backhaul is the use of wireless communications systems to get data from an end user to a node in a major network such as the Internet or the proprietary network of a large business, academic institution or government agency... (Continued)  Definition

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  • TV white space spectrum and the enterprise network

    With newly available TV white space spectrum in play, what does this mean for enterprise networks? In this video, learn about how the white space frequencies will affect wireless access, and how the opening of this white space spectrum should affect ...  Video

  • Wireless LAN vulnerabilities

    Learn about common wireless LAN vulnerabilities and how a few best practices can change wireless LAN issues from a problem into a helpful tool for any enterprise in this 10-minute podcast with Burton Group analyst Paul DeBeasi.  Podcast

  • Wireless LAN management strategies

    Implementing a WLAN is straightforward, but making sure it runs optimally can be challenging. Luckily, networking professionals can control and maintain their wireless networks by using well-known methodologies based on the OSI model. Here we outline...  Audiocast

About WLAN Standards

Wireless network standards change quickly. 802.11 wireless LAN standards, from 802.11a/b/g to 802.11n, are covered in this section of WLAN topics. Information on WiMAX and wireless security specifications, like WPA2, WPA and WEP, are also explained.

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